From time to time I help out a friend who cleans the government offices
in our town. One night I was especially busy as some construction work
had just been completed in the building I was cleaning. After emptying
the trash and wiping all the counters and furniture down, I hauled out
the vacuum to suck up the dirt and sawdust. I took my time going from
one end of the office to the other, making sure that even the tiniest
bits of wood were picked up. So you can imagine how surprised I was, as
I back tracked to put the vacuum away in the storage closet, and
discovered a trail of sawdust on the rugs in the foyer.
Someone
must have come in when I was at the other end of the building, I mused,
but no one was there now. With a sigh of exasperation, I plugged the
vacuum in once again and redid the carpet. It was only as I turned
around once again to back track and still saw footprints on the rug that
the mystery was solved. Nobody else was in the building. The sawdust was
on the bottom of my socks. It was me leaving the footprints.
This
funny little episode prompted me to think of how God led the Israelites
for 40 years through the desert. His footprints were in the form of a
pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire, which left Moses and the people in
no doubt as to whom they were following.
As Christians we too
leave footprints, every day as we walk through life. Our attitudes,
expressions, work ethic, morals, speech and actions leave imprints
everywhere we go, whether we want them to or not.
Today as we go
about our day let us therefore endeavour to leave footprints behind us
that reveal to others whom we are following, that they too, may perhaps
choose to follow Him as well.
Prayer: Thank you God that you left
your footprint for the Israelites so long ago, and still leave it for us
today through the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit and godly friends and
family. Bless us this day that our footprints may clearly reveal to
others whom we follow. In Christ's name we ask. Amen.
Lynne
Phipps
Contact Lynne Phipps here
Atlin, B.C.
The Mystery
Today's Bible Verse:
"By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of
cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to
give them light, so they could travel by day or night." (Exodus 13:21)
The Mystery
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